Marc Quick, a senior adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence and onetime director of legislative affairs underneath then-President Trump, mentioned it was "clearly flawed" for the previous president to make use of a "racial slur" towards Elaine Chao, the spouse of Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell and Trump's former transportation secretary.
Quick made the feedback in an interview on CBS Information' "Crimson and Blue" Monday night time, after Trump final week posted on his platform Reality Social that McConnell has a "DEATH WISH" for voting with Democrats to approve a stop-gap funding invoice, and known as Chao, "his China-loving spouse, Coco Chow." Quick known as the put up "misguided," to say the final, highlighting how a lot Chao has completed for the reason for freedom in China.
"After I — after I noticed these tweets at midnight, I form of assumed the president had taken to ingesting at that time," Quick joked. "I believe that you recognize, it is essential to do not forget that Elaine Chao and her household have been robust crusaders towards communist China their entire lives. She's devoted herself to that. She's frolicked exterior of presidency working at Heritage Basis, preventing the trigger for freedom. She, her household is definitely from Taiwan. I believe that that definitely was a misplaced and misguided tweet, to say the least."
Trump, who does not drink, continues to criticize Republicans who do not totally align with him on Reality Social. Though the previous president is anticipated to announce a 2024 bid, precisely when he would possibly achieve this is not but clear. Pence has additionally hasn't dominated out a presidential bid and has made a number of journeys to Iowa because the 2020 election.
CBS Information correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns identified that the majority Republicans have provided little in the best way of rebuke for the previous president's "dying want" tweet. On CBS Information "Face the Nation" Sunday, Sen. Rick Scott declined to criticize the previous president's feedback.
"Caitlin, I am unable to communicate for them," Quick mentioned of different Republicans. "I believe that Elaine Chao has been a powerful crusader towards communist China. I believe the president's factually flawed in his tweet, a lot much less to the notion of him taking a racial slur like that I believe was clearly flawed."
Quick additionally recommended that "there is a sense that there is been such huge bias towards [Trump] within the mainstream media, that maybe [Republicans] are overcompensating for that. However once more," he added, "I do not suppose there's anyplace for the tweet he despatched out the opposite night time, and I believe it is completely flawed."